Vice President Finance
We are representing our client, a large entertainment studio, in hiring a new VP Finance.
Reporting to the Divisional CFO of Corporate Function, the VP of Finance is accountable for the financial planning, reporting, and analysis for the Corporate Functions.
Responsibilities include:
- Lead the preparation and consolidation of the annual Budget, Mid Range Plan (MRP), and Forecast processes with primary focus on providing financial analysis and insights
- Track performance relative to budgets and forecasts, review actual results and concisely explain variances against budgets and forecasts based on commercial and operating drivers
- Prepare timely and accurate monthly/quarterly financial results presentations that provide important insights and participate in executive review meetings
- Develop and optimize reports that provide actionable insight into the levers of the business
- Support management with ad hoc financial, market, and trend analyses to prioritize strategic initiatives or investment decisions
- Develop and manage team members including establishing priorities, setting objectives, and providing guidance and feedback
- Manage expenses and key business metrics across centrally held costs
- Develop and streamline FP&A processes to mitigate risk and find value within the business
Qualifications:
- 10 years of relevant professional experience including corporate finance, consulting, or similar analytical role
- 5 years of management experience, including managing, developing and leading a team
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance; Master’s degree and/or MBA preferred
- Exceptional financial modeling skills in Excel, including the ability to drive process optimization using Excel
- Experience designing and executing Finance-related transformation
- Intermediate to advanced skills in SAP
- An agile learner with a highly analytical mindset, strong technical finance skills, and solid business acumen
- Change agent adept at successfully challenging the status quo
- Excellent communication and influencing skills across a variety of stakeholders such as peer teams, non-finance teams, and executive management
- Communication includes verbal (in-person & virtual), written (memos and emails), and presentations
- SAP, Advanced Excel & other Office Suite, Tableau/SAC